Making It #1: Jason Ritter

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In the first episode of Making It, Riki talks to Jason Ritter (The Event, Happy Endings) about the ups and downs of the entertainment industry, how he got his start, forging his own path, what advice he’d give to aspiring actors and growing up in a show business family.

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is it hard to be so close to soul sucking worthless,dangerous people in need of everthing you have,will there be anything left of you. How sad are the women locked in to the degreding facets of the porn industry.

It probably won’t surprise anyone who didn’t know that Rod Serling wrote a lot of screenplays aside from REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (his other most famous contemporary-mimetic play is PATTERNS, and he did any number of adaptations and [too often insufficiently] original plays for THE TWILIGHT ZONE and his other projects (including the early ’70s radio series ZERO HOUR). Though his most famous work now might just be one relatively few realized he did…the loose adaptation of the French novel PLANET OF THE APES.

Great discussion! #1 and #2 have been great insights into the entertainment industry. Will you be branching out into industries completely outside your own? I’d love to hear about fascinating careers I’ve never heard of… like candy designer.

I really enjoyed the podcast — first saw Riki in her awesome guest-star turn in BIG BANG THEORY (“Again… ew.”) and discovered her Garfunkle & Oates stuff because of Chris guesting in the “I Don’t Understand Job” video. I only wish Riki had asked Jason about his excellent-but-cancelled sitcom THE CLASS, which my wife and I loved. Looking forward to more!